Endless Pain

Endless Pain
Original album cover
Studio album by
Kreator
ReleasedOctober 1985[1][2]
RecordedMarch 1985
StudioCaet Studio, Berlin
Genre
Length38:40
LabelNoise
ProducerHorst Müller
Kreator chronology
Endless Pain
(1985) 		Pleasure to Kill
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10[4]
Rock Hard7.5/10[5]

Endless Pain is the debut studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator, released in October 1985 by Noise Records.

The album combines elements of black metal and thrash metal, ultimately creating a black-metal influenced thrash sound inspired by bands like Venom, Mercyful Fate, and Bathory.[6][7]

On this album both Petrozza and Reil share vocal duties.

Track listings

All tracks are written by Fioretti, Petrozza and Reil

Side one
No.TitleVocalsLength
1."Endless Pain"Reil3:32
2."Total Death"Petrozza3:28
3."Storm of the Beast"Reil5:01
4."Tormentor"Petrozza2:56
5."Son of Evil"Reil4:16
Side two
No.TitleVocalsLength
1."Flag of Hate"Petrozza4:42
2."Cry War"Reil3:45
3."Bonebreaker"Petrozza2:58
4."Living in Fear"Reil3:12
5."Dying Victims"Petrozza4:51
1989 reissue edition
No.TitleLength
1."Endless Pain"3:32
2."Total Death"3:28
3."Storm of the Beast"5:01
4."Tormentor"2:56
5."Son of Evil"4:16
6."Take Their Lives" (bonus track; taken from Flag of Hate EP)6:26
7."Flag of Hate" (re-recorded version; taken from Flag of Hate EP)3:56
8."Cry War"3:45
9."Bonebreaker"2:58
10."Living in Fear"3:12
11."Dying Victims"4:51
12."Awakening of the Gods" (bonus track; taken from Flag of Hate EP)7:33
Total length:51:52
2017 remastered edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Satan's Day" (demo; taken from Tormentor's Blitzkrieg demo)3:34
12."Messenger from Burning Hell" (demo; taken from Tormentor's Blitzkrieg demo)4:14
13."Armies of Hell" (demo; taken from Tormentor's End of the World demo)5:19
14."Tormentor" (demo; taken from Tormentor's End of the World demo)2:55
15."Cry War" (demo; taken from Tormentor's End of the World demo)4:21
16."Bonebreaker" (demo; taken from Tormentor's End of the World demo)4:02
Total length:24:25

Personnel

Kreator
Production
  • Horst Müller – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Mille Petrozza, Jürgen Crasser – mastering
  • Phil Lawvere – artwork
  • Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer

2017 re-release

  • Jan Meininghaus, Thomas Ewerhard – art, design
  • Andy Pearce, Matt Wortham – mastering
  • Malcolm Dome – sleeve notes

References

  1. ^ "Endless Pain".
  2. ^ "Metal Archives". 30 March 2023.
  3. ^ Anderson, Jason. "Endless Pain - Kreator". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  4. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 190. ISBN 978-1-89-495931-5.
  5. ^ Stratmann, Holger (1985). "Sanctuary: Refuge Denied". Rock Hard (in German). No. 12. Rock Hard Verlags- und Handels- GmbH. ISSN 1437-8140. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  6. ^ Kay, Jimmy (13 April 2017). Kreator (Mille Petrozza) Interview 2017-influences-Teutonic German 4- The Metal Voice.com (Podcast). YouTube. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  7. ^ Antoniou, Dimitris (22 October 2001). "Interview with Mille Petrozza from Kreator". Metal-Temple.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2022.